I read that BA said he’s had a great week of practice and had actually ironed out the details by the weekend last week and would have been ready to play. I think it is high time we see him get at least 20 touches.

It sucks we may not have FWP, but this is the game of football, that’s how it goes.

I’m in favor of starting Rashard, although I’d probably give more touches to MeMo if the game allows us to. Let Rashard come in and do what he can (I think a 25 carry performence might do him some good, but I doubt we’ll see him that much). MeMo offers a better skillset right now.

Give Rashard 10-15 touches, if he handles the load, let him be the “closer” in the fourth quarter, and give him a few more. With Rashard we should try and attack up the gut, with no J. Williams up front. Give Mewelde 15-20 touches, preferably 3 or 4 catches in there somewhere. Make the Chargers defend the flats a bit, and get the LB’ers off our tackles as much as possible. Logan anyone? A few touches on O wouldn’t hurt the little guy.

It will certainly be interesting to see how we use our remaining RB’s this week. They should both take this oppurtunity to prove why they could each be our starter next year, need be.

Echoing the above sentiments, I’d like to see Mendenhall start and get a nice chunk of carries. It would seem to be the perfect game for his start with SD having a hard time stopping the run. If our D can’t stop them and the game turns into a shootout, Moore will probably see the bulk of action with a dose of Davis who’s probably a better blocker and can also catch the ball.

In my mind there is no question at all. We all remember how last year MM was critical to our success especially in the games he started.

What exactly has RM done to earn this start? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

I’m not interested in putting RM in a game to see what kind of player he is b/c he was a first round pick. I’m interested in winning games. MM gives us the best chance to win. Period.

Logan. I’m also in favor of seeing more of Logan. Start Moore and bring Logan in on 3rd downs. That would be an awesome combo. Give RM a few carries here and there. That’s all he’s earned.

It will be interesting if Mendy does well how quickly the bust talk ends. Memo is great out in the flats but he as faired no better than anyone else running this year. Currently he is at 3.4ypc but if you take out his long of 15(like everyone wants to take out Mendy’s long run) he is averaging a stellar 1.5 ypc.

I see Mendy getting 18-22 touches and MeMo in the 8-12 range.

has his chance now. I’d give it to the guy. He has been called a bust this week and has been called out by his coaches so he is probably motivated as hell to prove he was worth the high pick. if he flops then he definitely is a bust but I predict he will either have a HUGE game that puts the whole league on alert and makes himself a fantasy stud or he is outright ineffective. Either way he’ll be the talk of the Steeler Nation all week long after the game.

I guess that depends on your definition, but I think if he is given an adequate number of carries and have decent blocking, I think he will be in the 120 range. I like FWP and think he has done some nice things for us but I also think this is his last year here so this stretch of him being out(turf toe rarely means missing just one game) could represent the changing of the guard. Before anyone jumps on that, I am not saying ooh get rid of Willie he sucks, it just seems like this is the type of situation that has launched many a career and ended some(at least with the same team).